Car-coupling



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` `10,296,114` patenwdiApr.1,1884.

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UNITED STATES i PATEN EEICE.

JACOB H. BEIDLER, OF MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS.`

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,114, datediApril 1, 1884.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ wiz/omit may concern:

Beit known that I, J noon H. BEIDLEE, of Mount Pulaski, in the county of Logan, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specication.

This invention relates to railroad-car coup,-` lings which are especially designed for freightcars, but which are also applicable to passenger-coaches; and the nature of my invention consists in the combination of a loosely-hung coupling-pin, a vertically-movable lever from which said pin depends, and alongitudinallyslotted draw-head.

The invention also consists in the combina' tion of a depressing crank-lever and a coupling -link having transverse fulcruln ridges formed on it at opposite ends of the slot through this link, whereby a person can adjust the link to effect a coupling without going between platforms. y r

The invention iinally consists in the arrangement /of spring-buffers on the vertical sides of the draw-head, as will be hereinafter V explained.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a-drawhead having a coupy ling-link applied to it. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken in a vertical plane through the center of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a,horizontal Y E, which forms a socket, in which is applied a buffer, F, and a spring, b. The buffers F 5o are allowed to receive endwise play, and, be-

ing arranged outside of the mouth B, they are out of the way of the coupling-link in entering said mouth. The coupling-pin D is hung loosely from a hook, c, on the end of a lever, G, which is pivoted on top ofthe drawvibration. By means of this lever the pin D `can be raised free from the link O to effect an uncoupling. The hook c allows free play lto the pin D, and also allows this pin to be detached from the lever, 'if desired. The lever G may be operated from the top'or sides of a car by means of rod or chain connections suitably arranged. The coupling-link O is slightly tapered at its ends, slotted at d to receive the pin D, and constructed with transverse ribs g g at thetermini of the slot d. These ribs or ridges g g afford fulcra for the link C, and allow it to be rocked vertically on the iloor of the draw-head by means of acranked lever, J, shown in Fig. 2.

The ends of lever J may extend to the sides y of the car, so that they will be accessible to a train-man without endangering hislife or limb. If desired, this cranked lever may be operated from. the top of a car by suitable connections.

It will be seen that I have a self-coupling, the link of which can be adjusted by means of lever J, for allowing it to enter the draw-head of a car when cars come together.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a depressing cranklever, J, a coupling-link and fulcrum-ridges `on this link, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a car-coupling, of a lever, G, of angular forni, having a hook on one end, of a coupling-pin hung from said hook, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the sheath, E, arranged on the sides of the draw-bar, with the sliding buffers and their springs b, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing Ihave `hereuntoset my hand this 11th day of October,

J AOOB II. BEIDLER.

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